The Trial....one day should have been enough

       Chief Justice Roberts intercede only once, then to protect decorum, offering  "I do think those addressing the Senate should remember where they are.  They need to remember that they are addressing the world’s greatest deliberative body. It has earned that title because its members avoid speaking in a manner and using language that is not conducive to civil discourse."

 
      The world will little note nor long remember what was said there.  The Blues repeated in exhausting detail what they had said thousands of times before in every conceivable public venue.  The Reds said the Blues were stupid and substantially nothing else. Convening to talk past one another, whether on Facebook, or on the floor of the Senate, seems to be what we moderns do best.  Why our species is becoming increasingly tribal is hotly debated, but that it is true is generally concede in all corners.

      My sense is that it is about time that we stop pretending that "civil discourse" is likely to prevail at any hierarchal level, or at any foreseeable future time. As such, we need to move toward reformatting our species' "dispute resolution meme".   The sooner we get past this "rule of law" myth, and quit invoking the Constitution and the Supreme Court, as though these are uniting elements, the closer we will be to "Next Culture".

      In the mean time, the disadvantaged Blues should, having been fully informed, have simply conceded and moved on.  Presumably moving on to the upcoming election, where it is less certain that they are disadvantaged, even though the board suggests it is near time for the Blues to turn over their King.

...to end on a bad pun.